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Icebox Cake-Chocolate Wafers and Whipped Cream make the perfect cool summer dessert

Icebox Cake-Chocolate Wafers and Whipped Cream make the perfect cool summer dessert

Report cards came home last week. Luckily, in my house, it’s always a reason to celebrate. All three kids made A Honor Roll. The perfect reason for cake. This time I decided to go with an Icebox Cake using Cool Whip Chocolate Frosting.

My kids are 15, 13 and 10. I’ve got one in each school.

School isn’t like it used to be when we were growing up. In some ways it’s so much easier. The kids have access to the internet and immediate answers to any question they can think of. Teachers all have e-mail so they are more readily available for both the students and parents.

It’s also harder. If they want to go to college after high school, they need to start working towards that goal in middle school. No goofing off, taking the easy classes.

Extra curricular activities are a must. We want our kids to be whatever they want to be and have every opportunity to choose their path, not get stuck with what’s available. That means they have to work hard now.

Not that we don’t have dessert all the time. Come on, you know me and my sweet tooth. Sometimes dessert needs to be special. Like when you’ve got straight A’s staring you in the face.

An Icebox cake is the perfect dessert to make up. Easy to put together, a lighter cake, and by lighter I mean, you won’t feel stuffed after eating every last crumb and licking your plate (not that anyone in my house does that.)

I headed off to my favorite Walmart to get my supplies. Then back home and quickly put my cake together.

Just layer the whipped cream and the cookies, set it in the freezer, then for that added touch, frost with Cool Whip Frosting.

I’d forgotten how satisfying an Icebox cake can be.

 
And that extra frosting, well, it just might have been eaten with a spoon.
 
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Icebox Cake-Chocolate Wafers and Whipped Cream make the perfect cool summer dessert

Icebox Cake

Icebox Cake

Icebox Cake-Chocolate Wafers and Whipped Cream make the perfect cool summer dessert

Ingredients

  • 3 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar (more or less to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 package thin chocolate wafer cookies
  • Cool Whip Chocolate Frosting

Instructions

  1. Whip cream until soft peaks start to form. Add in Sugar and vanilla and continue to whip until stiff peaks form. Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap. Place about 1/2 cup of whipped cream in bottom of pan. Place a single layer of cookies on top of whipped cream trying to cover as much of the surface as possible. It's ok to break the cookies if you need to. Add a layer of whipped cream, then cookies. Continue to layer until you reach the top of pan, ending with whipped cream. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 4 hours. Remove from freezer and invert cake onto serving platter. Frost top and sides with Cool Whip Frosting. Return to freezer until 30 minutes prior to serving. For ease in slicing use a knife run under hot water and wipe knife after each slice.

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© Joan Hayes
Icebox Cake-Chocolate Wafers and Whipped Cream make the perfect cool summer dessert

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When I was younger, I was constantly in the kitchen helping my mom bake. It was fun getting to play with the flour and always getting to lick the spoon. I’ve always expressed an interest in baking and now I feel that it’s the right time for me to take over. I am a college student working towards a nursing degree as well as a full-time aunt to the sweetest little kids (they might pop up in some of the posts). I’ve learned most of what I know about baking and cooking from my mom, and I am continuing to self-teach through trial and error, which means plenty of sweets to be eaten. Read more...

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  7. Terri says

    Oh, my goodness! Your Icebox Cake looks beyond scrumptious! I would certainly be a Mom hero if I were to treat my family with it – thank you so much for sharing the recipe! We are already quite taken with the Cool Whip Frosting and I agree that it would make the most tasty final touch!

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  13. Vanessa says

    That looks so good! Funny, I was just at walmart looking at a box of wafer cookies and didn’t buy them because I wasn’t sure what to make with them. Now I wish I did buy them.

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  15. Nicole Shepherd says

    COOL WHIP FROSTING? Say what?! And chocolate wafers? Joan you’re going to be the end of me with your fabulous creations woman lol!! This looks mouth watering delicious! I’m seriously going to make this one SOON. I’ll let you know how it turns out, maybe this weekend? YAY for chocolate cool whip frosting and wafers! 🙂

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  19. Mackenzie says

    This looks fantastic Joan; totally making this! I love that you used chocolate Cool Whip on the top; looks great! Thanks for sharing this last week at Saturday Show & Tell!
    Have a great weekend!
    Mackenzie 🙂

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